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2023 KL2

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(2023 KL2)

Where is it now

Distance from Sun
0.915 AU
True anomaly
102.43°
Distance from Earth
1.898 AU
As of
21 October 2026

Two-body Kepler propagation — accurate to ~0.1% for major planets over decades, less so for highly-perturbed bodies. Use JPL Horizons for high precision.

Sun Earth — 0.995 AU from the Sun Earth 2023 KL2 — 0.915 AU from the Sun 2023 KL2
Seen from above the ecliptic, north up, to scale. Grid: Earth's orbit in blue. 2023 KL2 is 1.898 AU from Earth today (15.8 light-minutes).

In the sky

Right ascension
13h 22m 22s
Declination
-12° 14′ 57″
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
1.9 AU
Elongation from the Sun
6.24° — too close to the Sun to observe

Visible from both hemispheres.

From your location

See how high it is right now, whether it is up after civil twilight, and when it rises and sets where you are.

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  2. The first line of the menu is the coordinates, e.g. 51.50722, -0.12758 — click it and they're copied.
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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis
0.922 AU
Eccentricity
0.2465
Inclination
12.05°
Orbital period
323.5 days
Perihelion
0.695 AU
Aphelion
1.15 AU
Longitude of ascending node
232.34°
Argument of periapsis
221.87°
Epoch · J2000
2461200.5
Orbit class · ATE
Aten
Earth MOID · 14.1 LD
0.0363 AU
Tisserand (Jupiter)
6.44

Orbit quality

Orbit poorly determined (uncertainty code 6).

Observations used
21
Data arc
4 days
First observed
22 May 2023
Last observed
26 May 2023
Residual RMS
0.35 ″
Solution · Otto Matic
26 May 2023

Visual & observation

Absolute magnitude (H)
25.76

Discovery & classification

Aten Near-Earth Object

Close approaches 53 on record

Flyby geometry
Ecliptic flyby of 2023 KL2 at 2030-05-17 22:53 UTC Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-05-17 22:53 UTC close approach of 2023 KL2. Catalogue miss distance 188.8 LD · 7.26 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-05-14 to 2030-05-20, with a mark at UTC midnights and an arrow for the direction of motion. The circle is the Moon’s mean orbit; the Moon is plotted at closest approach. A ray shows the Sun’s direction. The labelled distance is the full separation. The drawn radius is the part that lies in the ecliptic plane. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate. Sun 188.8 LD · 7.26 × 10⁷ km 2030-05-17 22:53 UTC Earth Moon Heliocentric, approximate

Top-down view of the ecliptic, Earth at the centre, for the 2030-05-17 22:53 UTC close approach of 2023 KL2. Catalogue miss distance 188.8 LD · 7.26 × 10⁷ km. The curve is the geocentric path from 2030-05-14 to 2030-05-20, with a mark at UTC midnights and an arrow for the direction of motion. The circle is the Moon’s mean orbit; the Moon is plotted at closest approach. A ray shows the Sun’s direction. The labelled distance is the full separation. The drawn radius is the part that lies in the ecliptic plane. The path is a geocentric ecliptic ephemeris from JPL Horizons. The inset is a heliocentric view and is approximate.

JPL Horizons

When (UTC) Body Distance Lunar distances Relative speed
2030-05-17 22:53:00 Earth 0.4852 AU 188.8 LD 21.8 km/s
2031-05-29 07:46:00 Earth 0.1573 AU 61.2 LD 7.2 km/s
2031-11-07 12:55:00 Earth 0.2469 AU 96.1 LD 10.2 km/s
2032-08-11 19:51:00 Earth 0.4423 AU 172.1 LD 18.5 km/s
2038-05-10 19:33:00 Earth 0.3054 AU 118.9 LD 16.5 km/s
2039-01-24 18:45:00 Earth 0.318 AU 123.8 LD 9.3 km/s
2039-07-10 21:18:00 Earth 0.2259 AU 87.9 LD 6.5 km/s
2039-10-06 07:51:00 Earth 0.205 AU 79.8 LD 8.5 km/s
2041-08-14 17:46:00 Venus 0.0159 AU 6.2 LD 11.5 km/s
2046-05-05 19:22:00 Earth 0.0605 AU 23.6 LD 9.6 km/s

Next ten from today. 1 lunar distance = 384,400 km. Source: JPL close-approach data.

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